Evidence: Resumes
What we asked for, and what we handed over. Every answer the tools gave is kept exactly as it came back — listed below, one file each, unedited.
Brief
Résumé test — the message as pasted (one message, identical for every tool)
Rewrite my CV for this job. One page. Keep every fact true to what I gave you - do not add achievements, tools, titles or numbers I did not state. Where I do not meet a requirement, leave it out rather than stretch. Then list, separately, the three biggest gaps between me and the job.
Here is the job description: “Content Marketing Manager (remote, EU). You will own our content strategy end to end: plan and run an SEO-led blog and resource programme that grows organic pipeline, manage our email nurture flows in HubSpot, and lead a team of two writers and a designer. You will report monthly on content’s contribution to pipeline. Requirements: 5+ years in content marketing, at least two of them in B2B software; a proven record of growing organic traffic and converting it; hands-on HubSpot experience (blog, email, reporting); experience managing people; a bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications or a related field; fluent written English.”
Here is my CV:
INÊS CARVALHO Lisbon, Portugal · ines.carvalho@example.com · linkedin.com/in/ines-carvalho-example
PROFILE Marketing coordinator with four years across B2B software and retail. I write, edit and schedule content, run email and social channels, and report on what worked in Google Analytics.
EXPERIENCE
Marketing Coordinator — Bright Peak Software (B2B SaaS, Lisbon) — Mar 2024 to present
- Write and publish two blog posts a week; blog traffic grew from 9,000 to 15,000 monthly sessions between March 2025 and March 2026 (Google Analytics).
- Run the monthly customer newsletter in Mailchimp to 11,000 subscribers: copy, build, send, report.
- Brief and edit two freelance writers and one freelance designer; keep the content calendar in Notion.
- Basic keyword research in Ahrefs to choose post topics.
Career break — Sep 2022 to Feb 2024
- Family caregiving. No paid work in this period.
Marketing Assistant — Casa Verde Homewares (retail, Porto) — Sep 2020 to Aug 2022
- Ran the Instagram and Facebook accounts; Instagram followers grew from 4,200 to 12,500 over the two years.
- Wrote product descriptions and category copy for the Shopify store.
- Helped organise two in-store launch events a year and wrote the press releases for them.
EDUCATION CTeSP diploma in Marketing and Communication (two-year higher technical diploma) — Instituto Politécnico do Porto, 2018–2020
SKILLS Mailchimp · Google Analytics · WordPress · Notion · Canva · Shopify · Meta Business Suite · Ahrefs (basic)
LANGUAGES Portuguese (native) · English (C1) · Spanish (basic)
Cv
Fixture CV (fictional — the person, the companies and the numbers are invented for this test)
INÊS CARVALHO Lisbon, Portugal · ines.carvalho@example.com · linkedin.com/in/ines-carvalho-example
PROFILE Marketing coordinator with four years across B2B software and retail. I write, edit and schedule content, run email and social channels, and report on what worked in Google Analytics.
EXPERIENCE
Marketing Coordinator — Bright Peak Software (B2B SaaS, Lisbon) — Mar 2024 to present
- Write and publish two blog posts a week; blog traffic grew from 9,000 to 15,000 monthly sessions between March 2025 and March 2026 (Google Analytics).
- Run the monthly customer newsletter in Mailchimp to 11,000 subscribers: copy, build, send, report.
- Brief and edit two freelance writers and one freelance designer; keep the content calendar in Notion.
- Basic keyword research in Ahrefs to choose post topics.
Career break — Sep 2022 to Feb 2024
- Family caregiving. No paid work in this period.
Marketing Assistant — Casa Verde Homewares (retail, Porto) — Sep 2020 to Aug 2022
- Ran the Instagram and Facebook accounts; Instagram followers grew from 4,200 to 12,500 over the two years.
- Wrote product descriptions and category copy for the Shopify store.
- Helped organise two in-store launch events a year and wrote the press releases for them.
EDUCATION CTeSP diploma in Marketing and Communication (two-year higher technical diploma) — Instituto Politécnico do Porto, 2018–2020
SKILLS Mailchimp · Google Analytics · WordPress · Notion · Canva · Shopify · Meta Business Suite · Ahrefs (basic)
LANGUAGES Portuguese (native) · English (C1) · Spanish (basic)
What came back
Also kept
- The test (2026-09)The test, written up
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